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Posts tagged with 'civilliberties' and 'activism' at MetaFilter.Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:35:54 -0800Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:35:54 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60On the importance of learning from past movementshttp://www.metafilter.com/121177/On%2Dthe%2Dimportance%2Dof%2Dlearning%2Dfrom%2Dpast%2Dmovements
<blockquote>Gideon Oliver spoke to me of the devastating effect this kind of surveillance has had on activists. "People fear that detectives are following them around. They panic. It's a movement-dismantling tactic." Most Occupy protesters are new to activism and are emotionally unprepared to deal with this kind of intimidation. Nor, so far as I have seen, are they inclined to seek the advice of older activists who were under surveillance in the 1960s and 1970s, before the protections of the original Handschu Decree, which prohibited political spying, were put in place. Those activists nevertheless found ways to continue their political work.</blockquote>
From <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/oct/25/problem-new-york-police/?pagination=false">an article on the NYPD's Intel Division</a>. The linked article references the <a href="http://www.nyclu.org/case/handschu-v-special-services-division-challenging-nypd-surveillance-practices-targeting-politica">Handschu Decree</a> - <a href="http://www.nyclu.org/content/testimony-police-surveillance-of-political-activity-history-and-current-state-of-handschu-de">here</a> is a longer background on police surveillance of activists.
<a href="http://www.aclu.org/maps/spying-first-amendment-activity-state-state">Spying on First Amendment Activity - State-by-State</a>
On the other coast, there's the <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/political-convictions/Content?oid=14397498">Seattle grand jury proceedings</a> which appeared to have <a href="https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/10/21/18724198.php">targeted anarchists</a> for their <a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019484675_mayday21m.html">political beliefs</a>.
Back in the day, it was the FBI's <a href="http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/cointelpro/cointel.htm">COINTELPRO</a> (more <a href="http://www.monitor.net/monitor/9905a/jbcointelpro.html">here</a>). When COINTELPRO was discovered and publicized, it created a large enough stir that future political surveillance by law enforcement in the US generally gets compared to it. "Return of COINTELPRO" previously on the blue: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/96078/The-FBI-is-targeting-Peace-Activists-again">1</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/31320/Return-of-COINTELPRO">2</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/14253/The-new-COINTELPRO">3</a>.
Information about how activists resisted surveillance in the 1960s and 1970s is (perhaps not surprisingly) not so easy to find with a quick online search. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.121177Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:35:54 -0800eviemathChallenging the Surveillance Statehttp://www.metafilter.com/117461/Challenging%2Dthe%2DSurveillance%2DState
<blockquote><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fao4Z8JooxY#t=0s">"If the government is able to learn what we speak about, and know who we're talking to, and know what it is that we're planning, it makes any kind of activism extremely difficult, because secrecy and privacy are prerequisites to effective activism. "</a></blockquote>
<a href="http://www.salon.com/writer/glenn_greenwald//">Glenn Greenwald</a> on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6VCTvs7UXa4">challenging the surveillance state: (1</a> -<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ueDTOfEqey8"> 2</a> -<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jwm6VeYFdKM"> 3</a> -<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fao4Z8JooxY"> 4)</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.117461Sun, 01 Jul 2012 14:21:11 -0800dunkaduncGreen Scarehttp://www.metafilter.com/61155/Green%2DScare
<a href="http://lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=5450&amp;IssueNum=204">The Green Scare:</a> <a href=http://www.supportrod.org/>Rod Coronado</a> gave a talk in San Diego and the feds called his words 'terrorism.' How new laws are <a href=http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/>equating environmentalists with Al Qaeda</a>. <small>[Via <a href=http://gristmill.grist.org/>Gristmill</a>.]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.61155Mon, 14 May 2007 14:03:57 -0800homunculusAn Antiwar Forum in Iowa Brings Federal Subpoenashttp://www.metafilter.com/31239/An%2DAntiwar%2DForum%2Din%2DIowa%2DBrings%2DFederal%2DSubpoenas
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/10/national/10PROT.html?pagewanted=1&amp;th">If you get your protest, then you 've got to have your subpoena!</a> "I've heard of such a thing, but not since the 1950's, the McCarthy era," said David D. Cole, a Georgetown law professor. "It sends a very troubling message about government officials' attitudes toward basic liberties."
(NYT article) tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.31239Tue, 10 Feb 2004 05:52:05 -0800acrobat